Here’s how OpenAI uses your data when you use ChatGPT through Apple’s integrations

Following Apple’s integration of OpenAI’s ChatGPT within iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia, OpenAI has detailed how your data is handled when you use ChatGPT through Apple’s integration. 

You can use ChatGPT through Apple’s integrations without logging into a ChatGPT account, but you get access to additional features if you log into your account. For instance, you get access to OpenAI’s more powerful AI models and the ability to save your conversations. 

Using ChatGPT without an account through Apple’s integrations

If you use ChatGPT through Apple’s integration without logging into a ChatGPT account, OpenAI says it does not receive your IP address, store your requests, or use them to train its AI models. 

The company says your conversations are only “processed by OpenAI to provide you with a safe response and comply with applicable laws.”

If you decide to continue a conversation that you initially started through an Apple integration in the ChatGPT app or website, then OpenAI processes your data in accordance with its privacy policy. This means that OpenAI will get access to your IP address, browser type and settings, the date and time of your request, your time zone, country, device information, and more. 

OpenAI will also use online analytics tools that use cookies to allow it to analyze how users are interacting with ChatGPT.

Using ChatGPT with an account through Apple’s integrations 

If you connect your account to Apple’s integrations, your existing data preferences with OpenAI will apply. 

For instance, if your settings indicate that you want your conversations to be saved, then your conversations with ChatGPT through Apple’s integrations will also be saved in your account’s chat history. This means you can access them later through your account. 

Plus, if your ChatGPT settings indicate that you don’t want your conversations to be used to train OpenAI’s models, then the same applies to your interactions with ChatGPT through Apple’s integrations. 

Once you connect your account, OpenAI will make some information about your ChatGPT account available on your device in order to connect your account. This information includes your name, email address, profile image, any workspace names, and your billing plan.

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